Archive

  • Principles for Responsible Banking launched with backing of 28 banks

    26 November 2018

    The launch of a set of six principles seeking to commit banks to align with both the Paris Agreement and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been hailed as a ‘global benchmark for sustainable banking’.

  • CBA, Samsung and Bayer dropped from DJSI World index

    13 September 2018

    S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM have excluded Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), Samsung Electronics and healthcare company Bayer from the widely-followed Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World).

  • RobecoSAM launches electric vehicle strategy

    28 August 2018

    RobecoSAM has launched a new strategy designed to plug into the massive expected growth in the sales of electric vehicles (EVs).

  • Project to harmonise reporting standards set for launch

    08 August 2018

    The Corporate Reporting Dialogue (CRD), a collaboration of major corporate reporting frameworks and standards, is planning to launch a harmonisation project.

  • Should non-financial reporting frameworks be harmonised?

    08 August 2018

    There is a baffling array of sustainability-focused reporting frameworks and standards. Would it be beneficial to bring them into alignment, asks Elena Johansson.

  • People Moves: New York State Common Retirement Fund, 2° Investing Initiative, MSCI and ClimateWise

    27 July 2018

    Anastasia Titarchuk has been announced as interim CIO of the New York State Common Retirement Fund, replacing Vicki Fuller who will retire next week after six years of service.

  • Robeco targets SDG-positive bonds with new credit strategy

    29 May 2018

    Robeco and RobecoSAM have introduced a new fund that will be allocated to bonds issued by corporates in alignment with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • People moves, 4 May 2018: RobecoSAM, Mercer

    04 May 2018

    RobecoSAM changes CEO as part of restructure

  • Zurich's Johanna Köb: investors can make a return while doing good

    18 April 2018

    Johanna Köb, head of responsible investment at Zurich, talks to Cintia Cheong on the importance of adequate pricing of greenhouse gases and how investors can make a profit while doing good for society and environment

  • RobecoSAM wins sub-advisory mandate for Japanese EV strategy

    06 April 2018

    Japanese asset manager Daiwa SB Investments has mandated RobecoSAM as sub-advisor for its electric vehicle-focused strategy.